Harmonia Transformative Art Supply List For Expressive Art Therapies Summit.

3/26/2021

To practice Harmonia you will need watercolors, brushes, pastels,watercolor paper, a lapis crystal, a journal, pen, Lavender essential oil HERE . Lastly, print out the Harmonia PDF and or draw a circle on our watercolor paper. Click HERE to download the mandala template.

The powerful healing properties of essential oils

Lavender, lemon, and rosemary increase serotonin.
Serotonin is a key neurotransmitter that can trigger a feeling of being in a utopian environment, profoundly influences mood, and relays signals from one part of the brain to another

Lavender, ylang-ylang, and bergamot moderate cortisol.
Cortisol, a hormone produced during periods of stress, accelerates cellular aging and significantly alters normal functions to bring down your overall health.

For reconnecting to a sense of spirituality in any situation:Cassia, cinnamon, balsam fir, frankincense, ginger, lavender, myrtle, pine, sandalwood, and spruce.

The Holistic Power of Crystals

SOOTHE YOUR MIND WITH LAPIS LAZULI
Lapis is a beautiful royal blue gemstone and is said to harmonise the mind and body.Many believe that placing lapis on your brow will relieve tensions such as headaches and anxiety.Lapis is known for its magic within the night, place beside your bedside table to enhance your dreams and give you protection. Placing your lapis under the stars is said to recharge this special gemstone.

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Lisa Rasmussen MFA is the Founder and Director of the Harmonia Institute. Lisa Rasmussen—artist, educator, curator, life coach, arts and healing practitioner, and art advocate—believes art can change and heal the world.

Lisa is the Co-Founder and Practitioner of Artemis Sacred Journeys. Which women's empowerment retreats to Tinos Greece. Rasmussen also served as Executive Director and Co-Founder of Art 4 All People and AY Atelier Art, an international Center for arts and consciousness in Malibu, CA. She is also Co-Founder/Co-Director of the non-profit, Art is Moving and International Art Break Day, an annual community arts event that has been held in the U.S., India, Mexico, and West Africa.

Rasmussen is an award-winning professional painter, who has been represented in galleries in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. As well as Lisa’s work has been in numerous solo and group exhibits and publications. For her painting is a very visceral, physical, and metaphysical process. Rasmussen’s paintings have been called abstract expressionism, with a spiritual twist. Her paintings reflect her holistic worldview and her deep connection with the natural world. For Rasmussen, art making is a transcendental experience. When she paints, Rasmussen taps into a force greater than herself; a force that creates through her. Each painting is a product of her dance with divinity. Through her process she hopes to invoke in herself and the viewer a deeper connection to the world within and around us through reflection and inspiration. Early on Lisa developed a thirst for travel and distant cultures. A key conceptual element of her artistic process is the study and travel to ancient cultures and sacred sites around the world. Some of her travel adventures include Nepal, Greece, Egypt, Peru, Ireland, and Brazil. She has also lived and taught English in the mountains of South, China, as well as she had studied antiquities, the Art of the Renaissance, and Ceramics in Florence, Italy.

Rasmussen is also known as a pioneering and passionate arts educator. For many years, she has taught art to residents of under-served, at-risk communities. In 2006, she created the Transformative Art Program at a mental health institute in Oakland, CA for emotionally traumatized youth, ages 5-14. Her art therapy program to create public youth art installations and gallery exhibits garnered awards, grants and media attention.

Rasmussen worked as a fine arts consultant at the prestigious Merrill Chase Gallery in Chicago and The Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco. She also managed The Red Door Gallery & Collective, a grassroots art-reach gallery in Oakland, CA. Rasmussen earned her BA in Sculpture and Ceramics and her MFA in Arts and Consciousness from John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, CA. She earned several academic awards, including Graduate Student of the Year, in 2008, and Alumni of the Year, in 2013.

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